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fu Government or thr tTmrtu States or America, a. d , 1K50 The Executive. Millard Fillmore, of N. Y. . President. William R. King, of Alabama Vice President. The Cahinti Daniel Webster, of Mass. Sec. of State. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio,. . . Sec.oftheTreaa. William A. Graham, of S. C. Sec. oftheNavy. Charles M. Conrad, of La. . Sec. of War. A. H. H Stuart, of Pa. Sec. of Interior. m ? i? . w \' d n < n i l^ATHAN IV. JttAM'i oi 11. i? * iw. ucncrai. John J. Crittenden, of Ky. Alt. General. The Judiciary. supreme col'rt Of the united states. Roger B. Taney, of Maryland . Chief Justice. John McLean, of Ohio Associate. James M. Wayne, of Georgia . . 44 John Catron, of Tennessee ... 44 John McKinlet, of Kentucky 44 Peter V. Daniel, of Virginia . 44 Samuel Nelson, of New York . 44 Levi Woodbury, of N. Hamp. . Robert C. Grier, of Perm. ... 44 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Term commenced March 4,1849, and will end March 4, 1851. Senate. Number of States represented. 30. 1 President. William R. King. Secretary. Ashbury Dickens. Whigs i n Italics; A at ires in Small Capitols; Democrats in Roman; Those marked F. S. are F*ree Sailers. Term Te i in Expires. Expires. Alabama. Michgan. Jeremiah Clemens 1853 Lewis Casa 1851 Wm II King 1855 Alpheus Felch 1853 Arkansas. Missouri. Wm K Sebastian 1853 Thomus H Benton 1851 Solon Horlnnil IftM TL.viil II Ar<-liiu<,ii 1HM Connecticut. New Hampshire. Roger S Baldwin 1851 John P Halt (F S) 1853 Truman Smith 1855 Moses Norris, Jr 1855 Delaware. New York John Wales 1851 Daniel S Dickinson 1851 Presley Spruance 1851 William H Seward 1855 Florida. New Jersey. David L. Y-ulee 1851 Wm L Dayton 1851 Jackson Morton 1855 Jacob W Miller 1853 Georgia. North Carolina. John M Berrien 1853 Willie P Mangum 1853 Wm C Dairson 1855 George E Badger 1855 Indiana. Ohio. Jesse D Bright 1851 Thomas Etcing 1851 J Whitcomb 1855 5 P Chase (F S) 1855 Illinois. Pennsylvania. Stephen A Douglas 1853 Daniel Sturgeon 1851 James Shields 1855 James Cooper 1850 Iowa. Rhode Island. George W Jones 1851 Albert C Greene 1851 Aug C Dodge 1855 John II Clarke 1853 Kentucky. South Carolina. Jos R Underwood 1853 Robt W Barnwell 1853 Henry Clay 1855 A P Butler 1855 t w AJUUIHIANAi Sol U Downs 1853 Hopkins LTurney 1851 PieireSoule 1855 John Bell 1853 Maine., Texas. Hannibal Hamlin 1851 Thomas J Husk 1851 Jas W Bradbury 1853 Sam Houston 1853 Massachusetts. Vermont. Robt C Winlkrop 1851 Samuel S Phelps 1851 John Davis 1853 IVilliam Upturni 1853 Maryland. Virginia. Thomas G Pratt 1851 James M Mason 1851 James Ji Pearce 1855 R M T Hunter 1853 Mississippi Wisconsin. Jefferson Davis 1851 Henry Dodue 1851 Henry S Foote 1853 Isaac P Walker 1855 California. _ William M. Gwin, John C. Fremont. THE SENATE IN FIGURES. Democrats. 32 Whigs. 25 FreeSoilers. 3 Total number of members. CO [ Democratic mtyority. 7 * f Ilo'use of Representatives. Speaker. Howei.l Cobb. Clerk. Wm. L. Yovn a Dist. Arkansas. Mississippi. J Robert W Johnson I Jacob Thompson Alabama. 2 W S Fentherston 1 tniliam J Alston 3 Wm McWillie 2 Henry WHilliard 4 A G Brown 3 Sampson W Harris Nebraska. 4 Samuel W. Inge _ ? ? 5 David Hubbard New Jersey. 6 William. R W Cobb 1 Andrew R Hay 7 Francis W Bowden 2 Win A Newell Connecticut. 3 Isanc Wildrick J 1 Lorenzo P Waldo 4 John Van Dyke 2 Waiter Booth (FS) 5 James G King 3 Chaun'y F Cleveland new Mexico. i Thnn.nt K RiiJlr> California. Mew Hampshire 1 .linos Tuck, (F S) Delaware. 2 Clias H reaslee " 1 John IP' Houston 3 James Wilson Florida. 4 Harry Hibbard 1 Edirard C Cabell North Carolina. Georgia. 1 Thomas L Clingman 1 Joseph W. Jackson iI J I' Caldwell S M J Welborn' 3 E Deberry 3 Alltn T Owen 4 A N Shepherd 4 H A Haralson 5 A W Veimble 5 Thomas C liackett G W S Ashe 6 Howell Cobb 7 J R J Daniel j 7 Alexander H Stephens 8 Edward Stanley 8 Robert Toombs 9 David Outlaw llikojs. 1 Wm H Biased New York. 2 John A McClernand 1 John .1 King 3 Thomas R. Young 2 David I gnkre 4 John Wentworth 3 J Phillips Phitnix j 5 Wm A Richardson 4 Pfalter Underbill 6 Edward D Raker 5 George Rfiggs 7 Thomas L Harris ft James II,-oaks ,Iowa. 7 William Nelson 1 Vacancy 8 R Hallow ay 2 Shepherd Leffler 9 Thomas Mch'issock Indiana. 10 Herman D Gould 1 Nathaniel Albertson 11 C R Sylvester 2 Cyrus L Dunham 12 Gideon O Reynolds 3 John L Rcbinson 13 John L Schoolcraft 4 Geo W Jii 1 ten (F S) 14 George R Andrews 5 W J Brown 15 J. R. Thurman 6 Willis A Gorman 1ft Hugh White 7 Edward McGaughey 17 H P Alexander 8 Joseph E McDonald 18 Preston King (F S) 9 G A Fitcn 19 Charles E Clarke *0 Andrew j Harlan 20 Ott Jilaltison Kf.ntcckt. 21 Hiram Walden 1 Linn Boy 4 22 Henry Burnett 2 J L Johnson 23 William Duer 3 F E McLean 24 Daniel Gott a ?- a r\.i,i?.oii or. ij ,, -? VJCUI gt /I V^OIU W VU A>U I IM? IMIiri ?J UUH^rf 5 Jo/in o Thompson 26 W T Jackson 6 Daniel Breck 27 W A Sackett 7 Humphrey Marshall 28 JIMSchermerhorn 8 Charles S Mori head. 29 Robert L Rose 9 John C Mason 30 David Rumsey |D Rich'd H Stanton 31 E. Risley Louisiana. 32 E G Spaulding 1 Emile La Sere 33 Harvey Putnam 2 Vacancy 34 L Burrows 3 John R Harmonson Ohio. 4 Isaac E Morse 1 David T Disney Maine. 2 l.D Campbell(FS) 1 Elhridjje Gerry, 3 Robert C Schenck 2 Nat'I S Lillleheld 4 Moses Corwin 3 John Otis 5 Emery D Potter 4 Rufns k Goodrncnc 6 Atnos E Wood 5 Cullen Sawtelle 7 Jonathan D Morris 6 Charles Stetson, 8 John /. Taylor 7 Thomas J I) Fuller 9 Edson B Olds Maryland. 10 Charles Sweetzer 1 Richard J Bowie 1] John K Miller 2 Wm T Hamilton 12 Sasnuel F Vinton 3 Edw W Hammond 13 w A Whittlesey 4 Rabert M McLane 14 Nathan Evans 5 Alexander Evans 15 Win F Hunter (F S) 6 John B Kerr 16 Moses Hoagland Massachusetts 17 Joseph Cable 1 S A Elliot 18 David K Carter 2 Vacancy 19 John Crowell (F 8) 3 James H Duncan 20 Jos R Giddings (F S) 4 Vacancy 21 Joseph M Rout (FS) 5 Charles Allen, [F S] Oregon. 6 George Ashman S R Thurstonf 7 Julius Rockwell Pennsylvania. ] 8 Horace Mann 1 Lewis C Levin 9 Orin Fowler 2 Joseph R Chandler 10 Josenh GrtnneU 3 Henry D Moore Michisan. 4 John Bobbins, jr* 1 A W lluell 5 John Fretdley Win Sprague, (F 8) 6 Thomas Ross R S Bingham 7 Jesse C Dickey Minnesota. 8 Tkaddeus Stevens H H Sibleyf 9 William Strong Missouri. 10 M M Dimmick 1 James B. Bowlin 11 8 Wm N Bay 12 David Wilmot (FS) 3 James 8 Green 13 Joseph Casey j 4 Willard P Hall 14 Charles W Pitman If oho 8 Pbelpt 15 ? j V 16 Jas X McLanahan 11 Chris'r It W Miami 17 Samuel Calvin Texas. 16 A Jackson Ogle 1 David KauAnan ' 19 Job Mann 2 Volney E Howard 20 RR Reed firm. c 21 Mosei Hampton ? ? <i 22 John W Howe (F 8) Velmont. * 23 James Thompson 1 Win Henry 24 Alfred Gilmore 2 Wm Hebard < RnoDE Island. 3 James Meacham ( 1 George G King 4 Lucius B Peck ' 2 Ahthan Dixon Virginia. South Carolina. 1 John S Millson J Daniel Wallace 2 Richard K Meade ( 2 J L Orr 3 Thomas H Averett t 3 J A Woodward 4 Thomas S Bocock a 4 John McQueen 5 Paulus Powell I 5 Arm imparl Rnrf is tumno a i 6 Isaac E Holmes 7 Thorns H Bayly I 7 W F Colcock 8 Alex R Holliuay Tennessee. 9 Jeremiah Morton i 1 Andrew Johnson 10 Richard Parker 2 Albert G Walking 11 James McDowell < 3 Josiah M.Inderson 12 H A Edrnundson 1 4 John H. Savage 13 FM'Mullen i 5 Geo W Jones 14 J M H Beale I 6 James H Thomas 15 Thomai S Haymoml | 7 Meredith P Gentry Wisconsin. i 8 Andrew Ewing 1 Chas Durkee, (F S) 9 Isham G Harris 2 Orgasm us Cote 10 Fred'k P Stanton 3 James D. Doty. j California. i Geotge W. Wright, I Edward Gilbert. Contested by Mr. Littell. t Delegates from the Territories. I the house in figures. Democrats Whigs and Natives 101 Free-Soilers 14 Vacancies 5 Total, exclusive of Delegates 231 Should the vacancies be filled as before, and dividing the Free Soilers into Democrats and Whigs, as they are on all other questions but that of the territories, the House will be as follows :? Democrats 117 Whigs 114 Democratic majority 3 The General Result in Figures Old Parties. Free-Soil. Vacancies. States. Whig. Dem. Whig. Dem. Whig. Dem' Arkansus ? 1 ? ? ? ? Alabama 2 5 ? ? ? ? Connecticut 12 ? ? ? Delaware 1 ? ? ?? ? Florida I ? ? ? ? ? Georgia 3 5 ? ? ? ? Illinois 1 6 ? ? ? ? Indiana 18 ? 1 ? ? Iowa ? 1 ? ? ? 1 Louisiana ? 3 ? ? 1 ? Maine 2 5 ? ? ? ? Maryland s 3 3 ? ? ? ? Massachusetts 7 ? 1 ? 2 ? Michigan ? 2 1 ? ? ? Mi Kami ri ? ? ? Mississippi ? 4 ? ? ? ? New York 32 1 ? I ? ? New Jersey 4 1 ? ? ? ? N. Hampshire 12 1 ? ? ? N. Carolina 6 3 ? ? ? ? Ohio 5 11 5 ? ? ? Kentucky 6 4 ? ? ? ? Pennsylvania 14 b 11 ? ? Rhode Island 2 ? ? ? ? ? S. Carolina ? 7 ? ? ? ? Tennessee 4 7 ? ? ? ? Texas ? 2 ? ? ? ? Virginia 2 13 ? ? ? ? Vermont 3 1 ? ? ? ? Wisconsin 11 ? 1 ? ? Total 102 111 9 5 3 1 Democratic majority in the 31st Congress 3 Whig majority in the 30th Congress 5 Democratic gain 8 Aspect of Congress. * ir7,iff. Dem. Exclusive of Free-soilers 102 111 Free-soilers 9 5 Vacancies 3 1 (Total 114 117 Actunt Democratic majority 3 Free and Slave Stale Classification. Whig. Dem. Free-soil. Free States 75 51 14 Slave States 30 61 ? Total 105 112 14 n?NLARGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL.? < Vj The Committee on Public Buildings of the 1 Senate, having been authorized by a resolution of < that body, " to invite plans accompanied by esti- t mntes for the extension of the Capitol, and to al- 1 low a premium of five hundred dollars for the plan which may be adopted by the Committees on | Public Buildings of the two Houses of Congress," < accordingly invite such plans and estimates, to be i delivereu to the Secretary of the Senate on or before the first day of December next. It is required that these plans and estimates shftll provide for the extension of the Capitol, either by additional wings, to be placed on the north and south of the present building, or by the i erection of a separate and distinct building, within i the enclosure to the east of the building. The committee do not desire to prescribe any | condition, that may restrain the free exercise of architectural taste and judgment, but they would ( tjrefer, that whatever plan may be proposed muv i lave such reference to and correspondence with i the present building as to preserve the general i symmetry of the entire structure, when complete. Although but one plan can be udopted, the com- | mittee reserve to themselves the right to form such , plan by the adoption of parts of ditferent plans submitted, should such course be fbund necessary; in which event, the committee also reserve,to themselves the right to divide or apportion, according to their own judgment, the amount of premium to be awarded for the whole, to those whose plans may in part be adopted, according to the relative importance and merit of each part adopted. R. M. T. HUNTER, JEFFERSON DAVIS, 1 JOHN H. CLARKE, Committee of the Senate on Public Buildings. Senate Chamber, 30th September, J850. N. B. The several daily papers published at Washington will please insert the above daily for two weeks, and send their accounts to the Secretary of the Senate. oct 4 PENSIONS AND BOUNTY LAND OBTAINED for the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary war, or their legal representatives. Pensions for life, for the widows of such cers and soldiers who married previous to 1800. Bounty land for the surviving, or the widows, or minor children of deceased officers and privates, who served in the war of 1812 with Great Britain, the Mexican war, or in any of the Indiun wars, since 1790. Attention paid to suspended and rejected claims. Terms moderate, where the claim is established, oil erwise no charge. Communications addressed to the subscriber, Washington, D. C., will receive prompt attention. M. THOMPSON', Commissioner of Deeds for North and South Carolina. Refer to the heads of Departments, and to members of Congress generally. Oct 4?twtf STEELE'S FASHIONABLE HAT HOUSE. Charleston, South Carolina. m tit F STTIlSrnim.'tt ? S ment being one of the most extensive ^B^kand fashionable retail HAT HOUSES Charleston, the public may depend on finding there a superior as? ortmenl of all the latest styles of Hats for this fall. Fine French 1 Moleskin and Beaver Hats, with an extensive variety of fine black, and blue cloth Caps for gen , tlemens, youths, and children. TO SOUTHERN PLANTERS. Planters can be supplied with Hats and Caps for plantation and house servants. Black, white, pearl, and drab water-proof Wool Hats with good i ( nair and coarse cloth Caps. W.STEELE, Fashionable Hatter, 231 King, opposite Hazel street, Charleston,17? J. Knox Walker, s Jlllornt y at La:e and General rfgent, I OFFERS his services in his profession and as J Agent lor the Prosecution and Collection of * Claims before Congress and the Departments, also for ? obtaining Patents. All business confided to him will be promptly attended to. j!7 tf SOUTHERN CENTRAL i AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. ; T4IE Fif.h Annual Fair of the Southern Cent, 1 ral Agricultural Association, will beheld 1 luring the week embracing Wednesday, the 14th lay of August next, which is the day of the fifth innual meeting at Atlanta Georgia i The Committee charged with the duty of pre<- i ribing such general rules as they may deem no- I pessary to a proper management of the approaching < p'air, have adopted the following 1 General Regulations. 1 1st The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be 1 >pened for visitors on Monday morning, and con- ' inue open until Friday evening, n is uiereiore ae* i arable that ail persons having- articles forexhibi- j ion, shall be on the ground as earJy as Friday or Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when a Committee will be there ready to receive them. lid. The Association has an ample fund, and will, n all cases, become responsible for the sale-keeping )i articles which may be placed in the hands of its^ .dicers and committees, (the owner taking a check for the same,) until the close of the Fair, which will be announced beforehand, in ample time to ;ive them op.ortunty to recover their goods, and to prevunt thereby the leaving of any goods or articles unprotected after the adjournment of the Association. 3d. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David W. Lewis, Wm. Ez/.ard, and James M-Calhoun, are appointed a committee whose duty it shall be to see that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhiition, shall have first been enteredin the Secretary 's book or registry?then labelled w th the owner'sname and residence?and price, if for sale?giving to the owner a corresponding card?and then classified and arranged by departments, and in such order as to facilitate the labors of the several committees on premiums; and also to employ such police and doorkeepers and clerks, as Shall be necessary for the protection of the grounds and buildings, and such clerks as they may need in the arrangement and labelling of articles. 4th. There will positively be required, in all cases, a minute and accurate written statement illustrating and explaining every article tent for exhibition?the statement to be delivered to the Secretary. For instance, if a Machine, a statement of is powers and uses, cost, time of invention, and any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or maker. If Horticultural or Agricultural Products, ntcde of preparation of land and soil, manure and time of planting, mode ofcultivalion. If an Animal, the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising, &c. If Needle-work or Painting, or any work of Art, the length of time bestowed on it, or the amount of labor; the age, if by children or fery old persons tl.e value, uses, &.c. Since this is the most reliable mode of collecting such information as may be worth publishing in the transactions of the Society, visitors, patrons and members, all will take notice, that a premium will not be awarded to any article, whatever its merit, unless accompanied by illustrative and explanatory statements, made out iu legible hand, and in a style lit at once for the press. 5th. The delegations of the sorveral county Societies are requested and enjoined to make out, upon consulation, a report of the present condition of Agriculture in their several counties, of the improvements in farming, tillage, draining and manuring, which have been or are in progress of being adopted Tlte leading products of their couutiees ihe modes of preparation, time of planting and modofcultivalion. Tlte means and measures of preserving and increasing the fertility of lands. Accurate Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county societies would make up an amount of valuable information to be sent out in the published transactions of the Society. Gth. It is desirable to make the Pair a Central Southern Agricultural andMLnufacturcrsExchange Wh request individuals who have a surplus of choice articles, or who make them for sale?such as choice setds, machines, stock, Sw.?to carry them there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for a premium. 7th. Premiums.?It is impossible to name in a notice like this all, the various articles to which premiums will be granted. However comprehensive we might make any enumerated list there would still be many articles of merit offered which would not be embraced in it, and vet richlv deserving premiums, leal therefore the announcement of premiums for particular articles might be construed by somcintoBn exclusion ofall articles unannounced, the Committee requests the people generally to observe, that it is intended to eive the action of the Association tho very wides.'jcope, embracing svery thing that is ingenious or useful in business or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale or exhibition, are invited to come. The only regulation further necessary on this point perhaps is, that, on all articles of the highest merit in the department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural Implements, and valuable improvement or inventions in any of the departments, a premium of a cup worth $ 10 will be given ; on the second best arti:!es a cup worth $ 5 will be given, on the third best ^ 2. 50 ; on the fourth an honor. And on all articles of the highest merit in the remaining depart | men Is a cup worth $ 5 will be given ; on the second Dest $ 2. 50 ; on the third an honor; on the fourth, 2d honor. On miner nnd miscellaneous articles, premiums from one to three dollars?these, however,are general regulations, and in particular case cr cases of peculiar merit the committees will be permitted, Indeed arc requested, to vary the rule. 8th. A hall will he prepared .and assigned particularly to the Ladies lor their garden prouuets, fruits, flowers paintings, needlo-work, &c. They are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance in many departments of the fair is absolutely necessary to a proper management 9th. The facilities of getting *o this central point induce us to invite, and to expect the presence and contributions of many of our fellow citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. Wc hope they will unite with us in making this institution indeed, what it is in name, a Southern Central Agricultural Association. 10th. The Piesident upon a consultation with such members as he can call to his aid, shall appoint committees and assign to them their respective departments, and to these committees so appointed the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the aiticles classed and arranged in their respective departments. In order to the perfection of this arrangement, the committee appointed to publish these regulations, will fore repeat, and enjoin upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition may be received and nrranged on Friday and Saturday the 9th and 10th of August, so that when the President shall appoint his committees on Monday morning, the committee of reception may have their lists of articles, and the several committees proceed at once to the examination of articles, and thereby have ample lime to make their reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday, i Thursday will be devoted to sales?Friday to gen-1 eral re-delivery of articles. The exhibition continuing the whole time. ~ 1,1th. Any alterations of, or additions to, the foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early Monday morning of the Fair week. 12th. The annua! oration will be made on WednesdHV. the iIhv .-if llie A nnivnfiiiru I . j ' v ??-j i immediately preceding the reports of jomiuitleee, by Col. John Billups, of Athene, Georgia. 13th. The Committee have the prospect of making arrangements with the Mucon, Slate and Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars early every morning and late in the afternoon, to Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur, to give visitors the opportunity of the accommodations of the good Hotels at those places while in attendance upon the Fair. 14th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers, and others engaged in the laborious business of \ the lair. loth. The Secretary is directed to publish , these regulations in the Cultivator, nnd to pro- j cure as far as practicable their publication in the weekly papers of this and the anjoioing States. , By order of the Committee of Arrangements. , DAVID W. LEWIS, Sec'y Southern Central Agricultural Association. < Sparta, 25th June, 1850. ! 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THE AMERICAN FAIt 51ER, published j in the city Baltimore, Maryland, commences the ; 6th volume of the present series on the 1st July, , 1850, (which will be 4he 32d of iis existence.) It j is published on the 1st ol ea :h month, e eh number containing thirty two arge oc avo pages. Terms: $4 per annum ; six copies for $5 ; thirteen for $10; thirty for $20, in advance. The publisher offers lor the largc-t list of new. subscribers, at the above rates, the prize of a Silver Pitcher, valued at $50 : for the 2d largest, a Goblet, valued at $35 ; for the 3d do., $25; 4"h do., filo; ai.d for the 5lh, 6th, 7th, 8lli, anil 9th largest ' ist, piizes of $12, $10, $8, $5, and $3, payable in 1 agricultural books or implements?'be ]i>tsand ' cash to bo forwarded as received, up n> Ihe meeting of the Maryland Agricultural St ie Noriety on the 22d October, when tlie decision v\ ill be made known. 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No 30, East Bay street, i of July 16, 1850?tUm J^Vleston, S. C, i qui rU? GRAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OF 1841. MEETING or THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE rot THE ONITED STATE#. Pursuant to the notice riven, the Central CommitCmctft al the room# of the National institute, in the teat Office, on Thursday evening, the 19th instant, it 8 o'clock. The meeting was called to order by Professor Waller K. Johnson, on w hose motion Col. Peter Force was called to the Chair, and Charles F. Slanbury :ho#en Secretary of the meeting. This temporary organization having been effected, [he committee proceeded to organize permanently by [he appointmens of the Hon. Millard Fillmore, Vice president of the United States, Chairman, and Prof. IValter R. Johnson Secretary. At the the request of the Chairman, (Col. Force,) 1 he following pa|iers were read by Prof. Johnson, in ixplanation of the appointment and duties of the 1 loinmittec : i State Department, Washington, May 17, 1850. To the J\evident of the National Inetitule for the Promotion of Science. Sir: I have the honor herewith to transmit coties of a correspondence which has taken place be- i ween the Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty i he t^ueen of Great Britain and this Department relaive to the proposed Industrial Exhibition to be held n London in the year 1851. From the circular of the Koyal Commissioners of Ureal Britain, hereto annexed, it w ill be observed that ( ill objects intended to tie introduced from foreign .ountrics and entered for that Exhibition are required :o have been first submitted to and approved by a caudal authority or commission of the c iuutry from which they shall be brrought, and thit no other will lie recognized as a central authority except such as hall have been so certified by the Uoveriuneut of the :ountry in which it exists. That American industry and arts may be enabled to ippear in the place allotted to them, it will be indispensable that a recognized central authority should be constituted ; and 1 am under the impression that the National Inqjitute, having been regularly incorporated by act of Congress, and being habitually engaged in matters pertaining to the arts und sciences, is the proper body for taking the initiative in constituting ?ueh a central authority. 1 therefore beg leave to submit to its consideration the interesting and important subject which has been brought to the attention of this Department by the listinguished Envoy of her Majesty's Government, uid to request such action or suggestions as may seem necessary in order that the uatural productions, the ingenuity, industry, and arts of the United States may be fully and suitably represented on the interesting occasion herein referred to. 1 have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours, JOHN M CLAYTON. This communication was laid before the National Institute, and by it referred to a select committee, which brought lorward the following report: tcport qf Hit Committee qf the National Institute: The special committee, to which was referred the communication from the Hon. John M. Clay ton, Secretary of State, relative to the formation of a central authority for transmitting articles to the Industrial Exhibition to be held in London in 1851, offers the following report: The committee, impressed wi ll the importance of fbe subject commended to the Institute, have given to it their earnest and careful attention. The resources, the ingenuity, the industry, and arts of the United States are conceived to merit he best eddeavors to procure for thctn the oppor f.- _ -r u_: a_i_. a . i t_ .i_ _ uuiitcb ui uemg auccjuaioi) represented in me great Industrial Exhibition at London. Agpreeably to the programme a (looted by the Royal Commission, no article* are to he received from Foreign Exhibitors except those whieli shall have been approved by a central authority, recognized as such by the Government of the country from which they are sent. This Institute being the only Society for the Prootion of Science and the Arts, directly incorporated by the Government, the Secretary of Stafe has deemed it the appropriate body to take action or make suggestions relative to the fulfilment of the wishes of the Royal Commissioners, by the establishment of such a neutral authority as the case seems to require. To this voluntary proposal on the part of the Secretary of State, the committee consider the National I Institute in duty bound to respond. In accordance with this view, the committee respectfully recommend the following resolution : 1. Resolved, That the Institute will take action on the subject submitted to it by the Department of State. 2. lie solved, That the Institute do now proceed 1 to constitute a committee suitable to be recognised by 1 tbc Government as a central body to hold correspond- ' :nce with the British Commissioners, and to secure the reception of American productions at the proposed [adustrial Kxhibition in London. PETER FORCE, . j JOSEPH HENRY, | WALTER R JOHNSON, S- Committee. J. J. GREENOUGH, CHARLES WII-KES, J national institute, Washington, May 27, 1850. Stn : I have the honor to make known to the De- 1 nrtinent of State the action which this Institute has aken on the subject ot your communication of the ' 17th instant. That action is comprised in the follow- I ng resolutions, unanimously adopted after full dis- ! mssioi. at the ineet<ng held this evening. ' "Resolved, That the Institute will take action on t he subject submitted to it by the Department ol 1 State. " Resolved That the Institute do now proceed to 1 he Government to hold correspondence with the ; Iritis li Commissioners, and to seeurc the reception of , tnicricsn productions at the proposed Industrial Exlibit ion in London. "Resolved, That a committee of not less than nine- f cen be appointed to constitute a Central Committee t >n the Industrial Exhibition, and to correspond with ocieties and local committees throughout the U nited ; dates. "Resolved, That the President of this Institute be member of the Central Committee. "Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary com- ' tunicate to the Secretary of State a copy of the fore- c oing resolutions, together with the names of the * Central Committee." - I The following are the names of the members ol lie Central Committee appointed in accordance with c he foregoing resolutions: _ t Ion. Millard Fillmore, Vice President of the United States, ami ex officio Chancellor of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Jol. Peter Forcc, President of the National Insti- e tute. r Ion, James A Pearee, U.S. Senate, member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Ion. Levi Woodbury, M. N I., Associate Justice ol |( the Supreme Court of the United States, loinmodore Lewis Warrington, U. S. N., M. N. I., Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. a 'rof. Joseph Henry, Vice President of the N. I., Secretary of the Siniihsouiau Institute. 1 rot. Walter R. Johnson, Corresponding Secretary ol 8 the National Institute. 'I 'rof. Alexander D. Bache, M. N. I., member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute, and Superintendent of the Coast Survey. 'omraandcr Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., M. N. I., late Commander S. S. Exploring Expedition. Ion. William W. Seaton, M. N. I., Mayor of Washington. Ion. Jefferson Davis, U S Senate, member of the n Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute. .ieut. Matthew F. Maury, U. S. N., Vice President of the National Institute, and Superintendent of the Na'ional Obssorvatory. , James (ireenough, Esq., M. N. 1. harlea F. Stansburv, Esq., Recording Secretary of the National Institute. ol. J. J. Abert, M. N. I., Chief of the Topographical Bureau. , or. II T..H?n v:..? T? 1 . -VI I . Ill v.. . v.*..-.., ..K.ucm I , ^mei (1 Engineer. U S. Army. . homas Ewbank, Esq . Commissioner of Patents. , 'illiain Easby, Esq., Treasurer National Institute, ronaril P. Gale, M. P., M. N. I., Examiner ol P.1 Patents. I" weph C. G. Kennedy, Esq., M. N. I., Superintcn- P' dent of Census. a C. Seaman, Esq., M.N.I. til I have the honor to be n< Very respect fully, your ob't servt, WALTER "H. JOHNSON, Cor. Secretary of the National Institute. T Hon. John iM. Clayton, Secretary of State. X Department or State, Washington, June 8, 1850. ^ Sir-: I have duly received your letter of tlie 27th Ai imo, communicating to tins Department the pro- g( dings of the National Institute on the subject of my te of the 17th of the same month. Those proceed- 8,f rs appear to me#to be perfectly satisfactory ; and I cc ve accordingly transmitted them to the British Min- wj er in this city, with the communication, a copy of uch is enclosed for your information. aa I am, sir, respectfully, yonr ob't serv't, JOHN M.CL.AYTON. ~ Walter N. Johnson, Esq., Corresponding Secretary of the National Institute. Department or State, Washington, Junt 1,1850. an Sir : I have the honor to transmit to you herewith opy of the correspondence which has passed be- *3? een this Department and the National Institute for 1711 i Promotion of Science, respecting the organization Tf a committee to constitute the central authority re- fict ired by the regulations of the Kojal Commission on C V the proposed Industrial Exhibition, u> correspond with them in London, and with societies, local committees, and individuals in this country, and to sanction the forwarding of articles applicable to the exhibition. 1 need hardly say to you, sir, that the proceedings of the National Institute, as set forth in this correspondence, meet the approbation of the Department, which has full confidence in the committee named by that Institute. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you the assurance of my high and distinguished con sidexution. JOHN M. CLAYTON. Might Honorable Sir H. L. Bulwer, &c. Extract from the Circular of the Royal Commitdoners. "The Commissionera have felt that it would be desirable, as fur as possible, to prevent nnv nor. sons from sending hither articles which cannot be admitted, rather than to reject the article* after their arrival in London. They feel also that the delicate and responsible task of deciding <m the admission or rejection of articles destined for exhibition by foreign contributors ought not to be imposed upon any Fnglish tribunal, but should be referred to one jving the confidence of the exhibitors their sc. ves, anu standing entirely free from possibk ..iputations of national partiality. They accc- rngly propose to admit to exhibition such foreign articles only as niuy be forwurded to them by the Central Authority (whatever niay be its nature) in each country. They will communicate to such Central Authority the umount of epaee which can be allowed to the productions of the countty for which it acts, and will also state the conditions and limitations which may from time to time be decided on with respect to the admisston of articles. All articles forwurded by such Central Authority will then be admitted, provided they do not require a greater aggregate amount of space than that assigned to the productions of the country from which they come; and, provided, also, tnut they do not violate the conditions and limitations ot which due notice shall have been given. It will rest with the Central Authority in each country to decide upon the merits of the several articles presented for exhibition, and to ,?a* iiuv uu? muoc ? iikii arc nrm are SUCH as fairly represent the industry of their fellow-countrymen. " Her Majesty's Commissioners will consider that to be the Central Authority in each case xrklck is stated to be so by the Government of its country. Having once been put in communication with a Central Authority in any country, they must de cline, absolutely and entirely, any communication with private and unauthorized ^individuals ; and, should any such be addressed to them, they can only refer to a central body. This decision is essentially necessary, in order to prevent concision. ? No articles of foreign manufacture, to whomsoever they may belong, or wheresoever they nmy be, can be admitted tor exhibition unless they come with the sanction of the Central Authority of the country of which they ore the produce. The Commissioners do not insist upon such articles being in all cases actually forwarded by the Central Authority, though they consider that this would generally lie the most satisfactory arrangement ; out it is indispensable that the sanction of such authority should in all cases he expressly given, and that it be held responsible for the fitness of such urticles for exhibition, and for not authorizing the exhibition of a greater quantity than can be accommodated in the space assigned to the productions of the country in question." A full discussion was then hud of the subject thus laid before the committee, and, on motion of the Hon, W. W. Seaton, it was? Resolved, That the Committee of five first charged with this subject by the Institute (substituting Mr. Kennedy for Mr. Greenough, who is absent) be an Executive Committee to take all necessary steps to carry out the views of the general com mittee. The following gentlemen constitute the Execu five Committee : Col. Peter Force, Prof. "Walter R. Johnson, Prof. Joseph Henry, J. C". G. Kennedy, Escp, Capt. Charles Wilkes. On motion? Resolved, That the Secretary he requested to prepare the proceedings of this meeting for publication. And the Committee adjourned. CHARLES F. STANSBURY. Secretary of the Meeting. N. B.?Associations, committees, or individuals Jesirous to make propositions or to receivb information, are requested to address their communications to J. C. G. Kennedy, Esq, , THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME OF THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE, Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of May 1850, under its original name?instead of Richards Weekly Gazette?as more significant of its peculiar , character, it being the only weekly organ of Literature in the entire South! It is Greally Enlarged and Improved, Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns ot matter. It is, moreover, in an Entirely A Vic Dress 'from head to foot," and upon beauttfUI wnire fiaper, so that, in mechanical excellence, it is no' mrpassed by any paper whatever in the United States! It continues under the same Editorial lirection as heretofore, and no pains or expense vill be spared to make it .1 rl,ni*' \ -- ? v.nujjajin , 'us cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the jest!" Utterly discarding the notion that a Southern journal cannot compete with the North* >rn weeklies, in cheapness and interest, The Southern Literary Gazelle ivaln the best of them in all the characteristics of i truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim is the litl'usion of cultivated and refined taste through.:?* he community?and it embraces in its ample bids ever species of intelligence that can tend to his result. 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